Switzerland · Cantone Ticino · Lugano
Molino Nuovo, Lugano — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Molino Nuovo is the most populous quarter of Lugano, spread over ground north of the city centre in Ticino. Santa Maria dello Stradone stands here.
About Molino Nuovo
Where to stay in Molino Nuovo
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Rooms here are Lugano's rooms, one quarter out. Molino Nuovo sits north of the centre, so a bed here stands among apartment blocks with Santa Maria dello Stradone the one landmark on hand, and the short run into the middle of Lugano becomes part of each day. You gain quiet and lose the shop windows.
Ticino's other towns are a separate decision.
About Molino Nuovo
What are the main landmarks in Molino Nuovo?
Santa Maria dello Stradone is the one entry the register keeps for Molino Nuovo. The quarter grew as housing rather than as a showpiece, which leaves its appeal in everyday Lugano, shops, apartment blocks and working streets, rather than in monuments. Sightseeing belongs to the centre.
Anything on the Ticino circuit, or on Switzerland's, asks for a trip out of the quarter.
What is the history of Molino Nuovo?
Molino Nuovo enters the record as a quarter of Lugano rather than as a village with a charter of its own, so no founding year attaches to the name. Santa Maria dello Stradone is the oldest fixture named in it. Growth did the rest.
Housing filled the ground north of the centre until the quarter held more people than any other part of Lugano, a standing it keeps within the canton of Ticino.
Where is Molino Nuovo?
Molino Nuovo lies north of the centre of Lugano, within the canton of Ticino, and carries more people than any other quarter of the city. It borders the centre.
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Updated September 2026